Top surnames from the 1881 census in Weardley, Yorkshire

Weardley is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Yorkshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
BALDWIN148.9744210.53
BARRETT127.6923114.50
BLAND85.1282247.68
POOL85.1282441.99
TIGHE74.48721,944.44
WALKER63.846211.49
SCOTT53.205112.67
SMITHSON53.2051333.33
SMITH53.20512.27
JEFFREY42.5641138.89
WHEATLEY42.5641125.79
TODD42.564150.38
BARKER42.564119.60
HAIGH42.564174.35
MERRITT31.9231272.73
FOWLER31.923133.67
GREEN21.28214.55
WADE21.282132.05
HOWSON21.2821206.19
WALLS21.2821106.38
REYNARD21.2821769.23
DICKINSON21.282130.03
SHACKLETON10.641056.82
WEST10.64106.66
RIGBY10.641022.08
ELLIS10.64104.42
MYERS10.641024.57
BURNETT10.641023.15
SWEENEY10.641047.85
MANNING10.641020.16
SMAW10.6410
GAINES10.6410357.14
LISTER10.641022.47
SHORT10.641016.42
WEYMAN10.6410769.23
ROBINSON10.64102.01
CHANTRY10.6410454.55
MAWSON10.641079.37
BEAL10.641068.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TIGHE1,944.4474.4872
REYNARD769.2321.2821
WEYMAN769.2310.6410
CHANTRY454.5510.6410
POOL441.9985.1282
GAINES357.1410.6410
SMITHSON333.3353.2051
MERRITT272.7331.9231
BLAND247.6885.1282
BALDWIN210.53148.9744
HOWSON206.1921.2821
JEFFREY138.8942.5641
WHEATLEY125.7942.5641
BARRETT114.50127.6923
WALLS106.3821.2821
MAWSON79.3710.6410
HAIGH74.3542.5641
BEAL68.0310.6410
SHACKLETON56.8210.6410
TODD50.3842.5641
SWEENEY47.8510.6410
FOWLER33.6731.9231
WADE32.0521.2821
DICKINSON30.0321.2821
MYERS24.5710.6410
BURNETT23.1510.6410
LISTER22.4710.6410
RIGBY22.0810.6410
MANNING20.1610.6410
BARKER19.6042.5641
SHORT16.4210.6410
SCOTT12.6753.2051
WALKER11.4963.8462
WEST6.6610.6410
GREEN4.5521.2821
ELLIS4.4210.6410
SMITH2.2753.2051
ROBINSON2.0110.6410
SMAW10.6410

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called TIGHE in Weardley at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 4.4872 in Weardley means that 4.4872% of the people in Weardley on census day were called TIGHE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TIGHE in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called TIGHE as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called TIGHE here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called TIGHE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,944.44 in Weardley means that you are 1,944.44 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TIGHE in Weardley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Weardley in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ASCOUGH (3)  BALDWIN (14)  BALDWINSON (7)  BARKER (4)  BARRETT (12)  BEAL (1)  BLAND (8)  BUCKBOROUGH (4)  BUCKBORO (7)  BURNETT (1)  CHANTRY (1)  DAUGHTY (7)  DICKINSON (2)  ELLIS (1)  FOWLER (3)  GREEN (2)  HAVES (1)  HAIGH (4)  HOWSON (2)  GAINES (1)  JEFFREY (4)  LISTER (1)  MANNING (1)  MERRITT (3)  MAWSON (1)  MYERS (1)  POOL (8)  REYNARD (2)  RIDSDALE (1)  RIGBY (1)  ROBINSON (1)  SCOTT (5)  SHACKLETON (1)  SHORT (1)  SMAW (1)  SMITH (5)  SMITHSON (5)  SWEENEY (1)  TIGHE (7)  TODD (4)  UNWIN (1)  WADE (2)  WALKER (6)  WALLS (2)  WEYMAN (1)  WEST (1)  WHEATLEY (4) 

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